FEEDING BY-rKODUCTS 



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UREAXAGE-WEIGHTS ON BONES OF SWINE ON VARIOUS 

 RATIONS 



First Test 



Second Test 



This pulp, as it comes from the factory, is aljoiit 90 

 per cent water, consequently low in nutrients and not of 

 practical value as a food by itself, jjut it may be used ad- 

 vantageously with grain or concentrated feed to furnish 

 succulence, promote digestion and increase the appetite. 

 Herbert Myrick in "The American Sugar Industry" 

 gives an analysis of beet pulp, showing the following 

 percentages of digestible nutrients : 



Protein, 1.3; carbohydrates, 6.7 : ether extract, 0.4. 



BEET PITLP AS FEED 



The Colorado station compared the feeding value of 

 sugar beet pulp for swine with sugar beets, and in con- 

 nection with wheat and barley (Bulletin No. 74). The 



